2016 Worldbuilding Moderator Election

bilbo_pingouin

06:33

1. HDE 226868: 157 (165 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 148 (155 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (153 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 89 (94 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 74 (83 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 53 (61 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 46 (54 up, -8 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 36 (40 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 35 (51 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 12 (19 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 8 (18 up, -10 down)

most are moving +/- 1-2... but for the purpose of the primary, I got a -1 and Samuel got a +1.... So we're only one vote apart.

Tim B

08:20

Yeah, one vote could swing that...

bilbo_pingouin

his, actually

Tim B

Especially if Samuel still has a +1 on you...

bilbo_pingouin

yes, that's what I meant. I suppose he does. Or he removed it and I got an upvote... but no, I think he does

by the way, the primary stops today at 20:00 UTC, right?

bilbo_pingouin

08:37

1. HDE 226868: 157 (165 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 148 (155 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (153 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 89 (94 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 74 (83 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 53 (61 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 46 (54 up, -8 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 36 (40 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 35 (51 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 12 (19 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 8 (18 up, -10 down)

Tim B

09:12

@bilbo_pingouin yep. that's right

bilbo_pingouin

10:37

1. HDE 226868: 158 (166 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 149 (156 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 146 (154 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 89 (94 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 74 (83 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 46 (54 up, -8 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 36 (40 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 35 (51 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 12 (19 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 8 (18 up, -10 down)

A few upvotes...

it does not have much impact, but I think Art' might overpass Michael

Tim B

10:49

yeah AoC vs Michael and Samuel vs Bilbo are the only ones not settled I think. Maybe Monica vs me but for the most part anyone upvoting one of us seems to upvote both.

bilbo_pingouin

well in the last hours the volume of votes have really slowed down, but I think Daaaah could still make it (4 votes difference isn't completely unthinkable)...

bilbo_pingouin

12:39

1. HDE 226868: 158 (166 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 149 (156 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 146 (154 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 90 (95 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 74 (83 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 46 (54 up, -8 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 37 (41 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 34 (50 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 31 (37 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 12 (19 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 8 (18 up, -10 down)

bilbo_pingouin

12:49

$>cat Current users {{getcurrentusers}}

hm... seems Karma is here, but does not answer. Ok, not important :-)

Serban Tanasa

14:02

Mornin, folks!

bilbo_pingouin

hi :)

Pavel Janicek

Afternoon :)

bowlturner

morning. @SerbanTanasa see you've caught up to only 5 behind

(me)

Serban Tanasa

yeah, night trends seem to have reversed

bowlturner

yep

Serban Tanasa

14:04

it will be interesting from a US perspective to have an election start on Friday evening before a long weekend

Here in DC we only release stuff we don't want anyone to know about Friday afternoon at 4pm

bowlturner

yep. A lot of US votes are probably going to be Monday morning

Pavel Janicek

Some public holiday in US?

Serban Tanasa

it's a long weekend

President's day

bowlturner

oh ya, that's right.

I don't have a government job

Serban Tanasa

neither do i, but i get all the perks, since we often work for govt folks

bowlturner

14:06

nice.

but working in a government town, what else would you expect?

AndreiROM

i might be moving to the states over the next 2 - 3 years (i'm canadian)

the powers which employers have over their employees scares me a little bit

I feel we have more rights (and also holidays) in Canada

bowlturner

14:23

Everyone has more time off than us in the US.

as far as 1st world countries I mean

bilbo_pingouin

@bowlturner is it really? Japanese and Chinese aren't spending their time in holidays neither...

AndreiROM

i value my government holidays

such as this coming up monday! Booya!

well .. it's provincial, not federal, but it still counts :P

bowlturner

@bilbo_pingouin true, though I'm not sure if China is considered 1st world yet?

AndreiROM

@bilbo_pingouin - China is def not "1st world", even though they're one of the largest economies around

bowlturner

and Japan I think just doesn't use them, they still have them don't they?

bilbo_pingouin

14:25

I did not see the 1st World part when I wrote my message ;)

AndreiROM

as far as Japan and South Korea are concerned they are not "Western" countries, even though they are first world

bilbo_pingouin

AFAIK, in Japan, they have like two weeks of holidays

and I have seen Japanese working 6.5 days a week... from 7:00 to 22:00...

bowlturner

right, I think they have just as much if not more than the US, they just have a workaholic culture that barely allows time to sleep

So it's a status of how much you DON'T use

AndreiROM

basically, yes

i can see how it would benefit the people at the top, not the common employee

the Japanese nobility were brilliant to set that culture up

bowlturner

yep burn them out, there are plenty more where they came from!

bilbo_pingouin

14:30

as a matter of fact, Japanese spend a lot of time at work. Saying that they work all that time does not reflect the full reality of things

AndreiROM

of course not

but at the same time

one of my best friends (for 13 years) is Korean, and what he describes to me as their study/work culture sounds like freakin' slavery to me

he would never, ever go back there

bowlturner

true, but they having to spend 4 hours after 'work' with people from work, and not with friends or family would be terrible

AndreiROM

why do you think Japanese have such a well established drinking at/after work culture?

people are miserable

bowlturner

I'm an introvert. I need to go home to my retreat in the woods and be alone. If you want me to be useful again

AndreiROM

and I'm not the one saying that - watched a documentary about it

retreat in the woods? that sounds divine

i'm not that much of an introvert, but i do love the woods

bowlturner

14:33

I bought a place on the river surrounded by woods. I love the quiet

bilbo_pingouin

1. HDE 226868: 159 (167 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 150 (157 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 146 (154 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 91 (96 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 37 (41 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 34 (50 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 12 (19 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 9 (19 up, -10 down)

Tim and Michael are escaping, whereas Serban is closing in

AndreiROM

good zombie apocalypse location? :P

bilbo_pingouin

at our end, Daaaah is also closing in

AndreiROM

i'd be sorry to see you fall from 10th place, bilbo

bowlturner

@AndreiROM not a bad one

AndreiROM

14:36

lol, nice

bilbo_pingouin

@AndreiROM well thanks. Though I think Samuel and Daaaah deserve it about as much as I do :-)

AndreiROM

i live in a 500K+ city - i'd be shuffling along looking for brains within 24 hrs :P

Pavel Janicek

Election question: Is there an example of someone being at the bottom in primary actually getting the diamond?

And as of zombie apocalypse: I live in 1200 people big village. Big farm near the river :)

bowlturner

Well, I don't know. This is the first one I've really paid attention to

bilbo_pingouin

@PavelJanicek I doubt that would happen too often, but each election is different.. for one, there are 4 spots here. When there are typically less (see SFF, SO, etc.)

but in our case there are 3 almost sure to be elected... so it's down to 6 persons for 1 place :)

Tim B

14:56

Well...I'm being careful not to make any assumptions. We may have a 50% vote bump in the primaries but that doesn't mean we'll get the same in the election proper. Especially if people think we're in for sure and don't vote for us

Serban Tanasa

may the odds be forever in your favor :)

bowlturner

I figure I'll vote for one person that I feel really SHOULD be in and then worry about the other two votes (though I'm pretty sure of 2 of my 3 votes)

But actually not sure of the order I want to vote in either.

Tim B

I think I know who I'm voting for

really I want 5 votes though

or 6

in fact 10, give me 10 votes

lol

AndreiROM

sounds fair, lol

we may endu p with more mods than users though :P

bowlturner

We'll give you nine votes Tim, who you going to leave out? ;)

Pavel Janicek

15:00

This happened to me in one online game

Tim B

I'll leave out @bowlturner for being mean and giving me 9 votes

Pavel Janicek

Just before the game mechanics got reset to new "Age", everyone got set as "army general"

AndreiROM

lol

can i be an army general? :P

bowlturner

@TimB I almost said we'd give you nine votes but you can't vote for yourself! ;)

AndreiROM

@bowlturner - I'd vote for myself 9 times :P

bowlturner

15:03

@AndreiROM at least then you'd have 9 votes! ;P~~

Tim B

ooo, burn

AndreiROM

16:01

bastard :P

Tim B

16:22

I see bowlturner is in full politician mode, getting the voters on his side :p

bowlturner

ha, you jumped in for a while too!

AndreiROM

all's fair in love and war

or, in this case, elections

bowlturner

Health care vs health insurance is one of my triggers...

bilbo_pingouin

should I ask...?

bowlturner

ah it's going on in main chat. I'm not mad, just passionate.

bilbo_pingouin

16:32

ok... but on mobile phone it isn't easy to get in... I'll read it up later :-)

Tim B

I was actually returning to burning @AndreiROM @bowlturner :)

bowlturner

ah! too much politics going on today! :)

AndreiROM

@bowlturner - you should check your downvote count again :P

bowlturner

16:57

@SerbanTanasa is now only 3 behind me

ArtOfCode

17:13

Deciding is hard. It's pretty obvious who my first vote's going to, but then I have twice the number of remaining possibles than the number of votes.

AndreiROM

17:27

I'm saddened by the prospect of losing access to some tools when the site receives its final design

I heard rep requirements would go up for a number of privileges

ArtOfCode

@AndreiROM For all of them, pretty much. They'll change to the same levels as SO has.

AndreiROM

i might be out of luck then

I haven't even hit 7K yet

ArtOfCode

I get to keep my close votes and editing, which is the important bit.

AndreiROM

I should be OK for that at 7k, right ?

ArtOfCode

Yeah. 3k is close votes.

10k is viewing deleted posts and deleting questions, which is the next important one.

20k is deleting answers, which... is overrated.

HDE 226868

17:35

@ArtOfCode Dunno, I've found that useful.

ArtOfCode

@HDE226868 Yeah, but if you'd vote to delete, you can just flag. The delay is slightly longer, but the effect is the same.

AndreiROM

God, I wish I'd get to 20K rep

HDE 226868

@ArtOfCode Maybe, but I find delete votes more satisfying.

ArtOfCode

@HDE226868 True that

AndreiROM

the way it's going it'll be a year or more until I hit that

HDE 226868

17:39

We will lose a lot of community moderation once the privilege levels do up, though.

It won't be too bad, but it will be a loss.

Samuel

Sounds like even more of a load for newly elected mods :)

ArtOfCode

@Samuel A little, for a while.

Serban Tanasa

@bowlturner, only 3 votes now...

bowlturner

17:55

ya, I told you an hour ago...

Serban Tanasa

#war_drums_in_the_distance

or better #aredsunrises

@bowlturner, oh yeah, you did. I was out for lunch.

bowlturner

Must resist...

Serban Tanasa

haha

Tim B

18:58

1. HDE 226868: 161 (169 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 152 (159 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (154 up, -9 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 92 (97 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 38 (42 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 34 (50 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 13 (20 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 10 (20 up, -10 down)

yeah Serban and Bowlturner are close, Michale and AoC close, I think bilbo might have secured that 10 spot

Hohmannfan

last graph:

Tim B

:)

Hohmannfan

It seems like @bilbo_pingouin actually made it

Serban Tanasa

T-50

15 entrants, did we have 4 withdrawals?

Tim B

no its 19 still

expand my list, hohman is doing the graph by hand so only doing the top ones

positive score only?

Hohmannfan

19:11

top 15

positive also includes @Jim2B

He had never climbed above 0 before, so I had not updated my index

Serban Tanasa

T-45: Bot armies are now in preliminary deployment staging areas

AndreiROM

are we counting down to Armageddon?

Hohmannfan

yep

James

I am counting up to armageddon actually...

I started a really really long time ago

Hohmannfan

T-40

Mourdos

19:20

It looks like positions 1-3 seem fairly certain, the 4th spot could be open to competition

AndreiROM

I think spots 1-3 might be more shaky than you think

Mourdos

Only if the voting goes in...interesting directions.

AndreiROM

we shall see

James

@AndreiROM ooooooh mysterious

AndreiROM

i know, right?

Hohmannfan

19:23

$>say

Oh. It is deactivated here

ArtOfCode

@Hohmannfan Yeah, it's not running here at all.

James

Any last words from the candidates?

Hohmannfan

@ArtOfCode But it is listed in the corner

ArtOfCode

@Hohmannfan Yeah, it was, a couple days ago

I'm looking at getting it up here again

user153821

Bot started.

ArtOfCode

19:29

@KarmaBot, what do you think of the current situation?

user153821

@ArtOfCode I have 2-3 more of the BH books floating around my house that I'll eventually cave in and read

Tim B

Right I'm ofski - gonna miss it in 31 minutes but be around in a couple of hours to cast my votes :)

good luck everyone o/

Hohmannfan

$>cat last words about the candidates: {{say}}

user153821

@Hohmannfan last words about the candidates: iCharger - it really blows.

Serban Tanasa

T-30 Voting sock-puppet accounts ramp-up complete

bilbo_pingouin

19:32

shouldn't it be counted like M-30 ?

I mean you usually count D-5 for days, H-3 for hours, and then M-30 for minutes?

Hohmannfan

Or T-1800

AndreiROM

M for moderator !

bilbo_pingouin

yeah, then it should be E for election

AndreiROM

makes sense

Serban Tanasa

NS - 1.7843453e12

bilbo_pingouin

19:34

nanosec?

AndreiROM

that's far too many numbers for a friday afternoon

Serban Tanasa

@bilbo_pingouin, it's amazing how few downvotes you have! :)

AndreiROM

it would be a shame if ...

Serban Tanasa

shame indeed

what a nice 10th place standing you have there

pity if something were to happen to it

AndreiROM

how many minutes left now ?

Serban Tanasa

19:38

NS - 1.32e+12

what are minutes?

Samuel

It would be a pity, then you'd be stuck with me in the top ten.

bilbo_pingouin

1. HDE 226868: 161 (169 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 152 (159 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (154 up, -9 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 92 (97 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 38 (42 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 35 (51 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 13 (20 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 10 (20 up, -10 down)

AndreiROM

hmmm

what was the sock-puppet account password ?

bilbo_pingouin

Serban, you don't have many more downvotes than I do ;-)

ArtOfCode

@AndreiROM 1234567890987654321

AndreiROM

19:42

i thought it was "Password1"

but I may have changed it to "1Password"

Serban Tanasa

Password1! (upper case, number, symbol)

Hohmannfan

sockbot1, sockbot2, sockbot3 etc.

AndreiROM

i always forget the symbol

Serban Tanasa

T-15 Initiating Turing-test spoofers

AndreiROM

very fancy

Serban Tanasa

19:46

yeah, WB has real security, it's not like the Romanian police DB

"Hello it's Col. Popescu, I forgot my password"

AndreiROM

did something recently happen or something ?

i don't keep up with Romanian news

far too depressing

I remember about 6 - 8 months ago one city ordered 20+ police cars with no sirens, or lights, and the individual officers had to go out and buy the parts for their cars

bilbo_pingouin

1. HDE 226868: 161 (169 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 152 (159 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (154 up, -9 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 92 (97 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 38 (42 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 35 (51 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 13 (20 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 10 (20 up, -10 down)

not much change

Serban Tanasa

wow -16 for Samuel!!

AndreiROM

that's some strong feelings there

what's the countdown at?

Serban Tanasa

T-10 Arming Bayesian Image Sorters

AndreiROM

19:51

i'm reasonably sure that's just gibberish

bilbo_pingouin

$>utc

user153821

@bilbo_pingouin Fri Feb 12 19:51:54 2016

bilbo_pingouin

M-8

AndreiROM

any last minute votes?

user153821

@bilbo_pingouin Fri Feb 12 19:53:08 2016

bilbo_pingouin

19:53

we will see... I mean in the previous minutes, there wasn't much

Serban Tanasa

T-5 Firing up AWS Cloud Memory-Optimized AMI for Brute Force Sock-Puppet Takeover

shoot this stuff is expensive!

AndreiROM

Sock-Puppet Takeover seems like a contradiction in terms

sock puppets don't seem very .. threatening

Serban Tanasa

I'm not satisfied with using just my thousand accounts

bilbo_pingouin

$>utc

user153821

@bilbo_pingouin Fri Feb 12 19:54:57 2016

StackExchange

19:54

T-5 Arming sockpuppet defense systems. Status: Online. Initial targeting data: {SerbanTanasa, AndreiROM}.

Serban Tanasa

(and I'm a Sock of @TimB, if you recall)

bilbo_pingouin

1. HDE 226868: 161 (169 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 152 (159 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (154 up, -9 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 92 (97 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 38 (42 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 37 (52 up, -15 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 13 (20 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 10 (20 up, -10 down)

AndreiROM

@SerbanTanasa I KNEW IT !

James

@SerbanTanasa That explains the smell

Serban Tanasa

oh shooot

ArtOfCode

19:56

Hah, you'll be defeated.

1 min ago, by StackExchange

T-5 Arming sockpuppet defense systems. Status: Online. Initial targeting data: {SerbanTanasa, AndreiROM}.

Samuel

@bilbo_pingouin Think I should reverse my upvote and take the lead?

Serban Tanasa

there seems to be something off with the calibration

bilbo_pingouin

@Samuel up to you... could do the same ;)

ArtOfCode

@StackExchange has caught you :)

Serban Tanasa

T-3 Deploying emergency ArtofCode countermeasures

mayday mayday

ArtOfCode

19:57

Won't do much against the system itself :)

bilbo_pingouin

$>utc

user153821

@bilbo_pingouin Fri Feb 12 19:57:37 2016

Serban Tanasa

Oh no, Aify took over the botnet

Samuel

@bilbo_pingouin Naw, you might actually have a chance in the final elections.

user153821

acquiring target...

user153821

19:58

aims missiles at @SerbanTanasa

Serban Tanasa

Break left, break left

deploy chaff

bilbo_pingouin

1. HDE 226868: 161 (169 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 152 (159 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (154 up, -9 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 92 (97 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 38 (42 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 37 (52 up, -15 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 13 (20 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 10 (20 up, -10 down)

ArtOfCode

90 seconds.

Serban Tanasa

Tell my wife

...

bilbo_pingouin

$>utc

user153821

19:58

@bilbo_pingouin Fri Feb 12 19:58:55 2016

ArtOfCode

60.

James

Serban Tanasa

NS 3e7

wait

user153821

The Election phase of Worldbuilding's 2016 election has started! Cast your votes from the election page.

3

bilbo_pingouin

1. HDE 226868: 161 (169 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 152 (159 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (154 up, -9 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 92 (97 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 38 (42 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 37 (52 up, -15 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 13 (20 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 10 (20 up, -10 down)

last before ^^^

AndreiROM

20:00

how long have you had that picture prepared?

Serban Tanasa

Voted!

James

Me too!

bilbo_pingouin

@Samuel, thanks for your fairplay. And really sorry that you got that many downvotes. FWIW, you had my upvote.

James

@AndreiROM Honestly I just did a really quick spur of the moment search

Samuel

@bilbo_pingouin I'm probably less awful than people think.

5

bilbo_pingouin

20:02

voted

Hohmannfan

voted

bilbo_pingouin

@Samuel I'm sure you are.

James

@Samuel Probably maybe.

Serban Tanasa

Oh look stars

:)

Hohmannfan

"My God, It's full of stars!"

James

20:04

Its been a long time since I saw an election, do we have any idea where the results stand during or do we just wait for the end?

Serban Tanasa

Is it just me, or are Aify's bots slowing down the site

ArtOfCode

voted

@James none at all, except any impressions you get in chat.

Serban Tanasa

@James, I think we are in the dark until Monday

James

bilbo_pingouin

Constituent badges: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/help/badges/81/constituent

19 voted already ^^^

AndreiROM

20:07

I'm so torn on who to vote for

James

man...I was at a nice even 30 silvers

AndreiROM

I'ma wait until near the end, me thinks

James

Hey @MonicaCellio

AndreiROM

at which point I'll be accepting bribes

the big shiny "upload" button

bilbo_pingouin

Final standings:
1. HDE 226868: 161 (169 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 152 (159 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (154 up, -9 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 92 (97 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 38 (42 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 37 (52 up, -15 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 13 (20 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 10 (20 up, -10 down)

Monica Cellio

20:08

Thanks to everybody who stood for election, knowing that only ten could go on. We have a wealth of strong candidates, more than the ten on the ballot. You all make this community strong.

5

Serban Tanasa

James

@SerbanTanasa lol nice

Monica Cellio

And @Samuel -- so close! Ouch.

Hohmannfan

Kind of boring...

Serban Tanasa

oh and incidentally, until TimB get around voting:

bilbo_pingouin

20:10

34 voters

Serban Tanasa

Silver FTW

bilbo_pingouin

@SerbanTanasa ah ah ah ah :D

Monica Cellio

@SerbanTanasa no blow-by-blow results like in the primary. Tuesday at UTC 20:00 we all find out what happened.

James

@MonicaCellio That's honestly kinda nice.

Monica Cellio

@James hey, happy Friday!

@James yeah. We're now in the secret-ballot phase of the election. Vote, go have a nice weekend, and just wait. :-)

Serban Tanasa

20:13

Mang, Tuesday! That's like, foreveer.

James

@MonicaCellio Oh Ill be doing more than waiting...we are having my five year old's birthday party this weekend.

:)

bilbo_pingouin

that will be somewhat relaxing... as we can only wait

Monica Cellio

@James cool, have fun!

James

@MonicaCellio There will be a star wars pinata...

which...in a way seems wrong.

AndreiROM

does it look like the death star?

James

20:16

I never once saw a taco served in a star wars cantina

@AndreiROM unfortunately not.

AndreiROM

that would have been very appropriate

it could have rained out little lego storm-troopers

and death, of course

James

...that would make my kids head explode in sheer joy

...he has a bit of a lego problem, I am considering getting an intervention banner ready just in case.

Monica Cellio

@James depends -- what are they hitting? A death-star pinata would be fitting!

AndreiROM

@James there's no such thing as a lego problem

only lego solutions

Hohmannfan

OK Go - Upside Down & Inside Out (Lyrics Video)

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bilbo_pingouin

20:27

56 voters...

Samuel

@MonicaCellio Yeah it was close. And I voted for @bilbo_pingouin, so it was also in my grasp, though not within my moral system.

Monica Cellio

@Samuel right. Upvoting other candidates on their own merits, without regard to what it does to the standings, is the right thing to do. And the two of you voted for each other, if I understand correctly, so you both did the right thing.

Samuel

@MonicaCellio Naturally.

AndreiROM

out of curiosity, what would have happened if someone had withdrawn their vote for bilbo and tied them?

bilbo_pingouin

I have upvoted Samuel and DaaaahWoosh... because they deserved it, regardless of any race or competition

@AndreiROM reputation, so Samuel would have been selected

Samuel

20:33

@AndreiROM Yeah, it would have then been based on reputation.

I'm glad no one did that. It would have looked mighty suspicious on me.

James

20:53

Oh by the way there is apparently no search safe from NSFW content btw. I searched for "I voted" and a picture of strategically placed stickers on a woman's chest came up...

bilbo_pingouin

I find it interesting to see the names of the 74 people who voted so far

Samuel

@James imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rule_34.png

James

@Samuel Exactly, hahahaha.

Tim B

22:06

98 voters so far, if it follows the same pattern as the primaries I expect the numbers to fall off fairly fast

in total we've got around 1500 people eligible to vote, just under 600 have actually visited the election page at some point

bilbo_pingouin

do we get a way to know how many people participated in the primary?

ArtOfCode

@TimB it's usually ~30% turnout, so expect ~400-500 voters

Tim B

I can see how many visited, not how many different people voted

however we do have a minimum

bilbo_pingouin

up+down votes of HDE is a minimum

Tim B

indeed

177

bilbo_pingouin

22:09

but it is possible, though probably not that many, that some visited without voting for HDE...

Samuel

Do we know how many were puppets?

bilbo_pingouin

puppets? Socks? Minions? or are they all the same?

Samuel

Non-independent entities.

Tim B

Unlikely to be many if any :)

Hohmannfan

Is it inappropriate if I just make a sock account for fun?

I know it is not a good idea, but what legitimate reasons exist?

Samuel

22:18

The mods can see IPs, right? So they'll know at least.

Tim B

We can see IPs and have other tools to spot socks etc

@Hohmannfan It's not against the rules so long as you don't start voting for yourself with it etc

Hohmannfan

And it is probably a good idea to ask for permission first. And clearly state that the account is a sock

Is the opposite of one person with many accounts common? Like many persons using the same account?

Tim B

63

Q: How should sockpuppets be handled on Stack Exchange?

So a high-reputation, highly-active user has already been dinged once for a sockpuppet, and I just dinged him again. He probably has another sockpuppet as well. What are the guidelines for handling users who game the system in this fashion? Specifically, How can I be sure I'm looking at a soc...

There's the sock policy

bilbo_pingouin

@Hohmannfan well that's pretty hard to notice...

bilbo_pingouin

22:57

could some of you write here the number of constituents badges every now and then?

we could see the evolution of the votes later

HDE 226868

23:38

Voted.

[I had a busy afternoon.]

~136 Constituents.

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2016 Worldbuilding Moderator Election